Introduction

Netscape Calendar Server is scalable, open standards-based calendaring software for efficiently scheduling people and resources enterprise-wide. Among other features, the Calendar Server offers multiple time zone support, a distributed database, mail notification, real-time lookups, free-time searches and multiple platform support. Netscape Calendar Server 3.5 is integrated with Netscape SuiteSpot 3.5, a merger that allows the application to be managed with the Netscape Administration Server 3.5 and, more significantly, offers Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support through the Netscape Directory Server.

Open standards support helps ensure that Netscape Calendar Server will integrate well with existing environments, and support for Internet mail and web standards allows users without Calendar accounts to be notified of meetings. LDAP integration allows Netscape Calendar Server to share the same user account information with other LDAP-capable servers, including many of the Netscape SuiteSpot servers.

This Administrator's Guide documents installation, configuration and maintenance procedures for the Netscape Calendar Server.

Conventions used in this book

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The vertical bar is used as a separator for user interface elements. For example, "choose Server Status|Logging Options" means you should click the Server Status button in the top frame of the Server Manager and then click the Logging Options link in the left frame.

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Square brackets enclose commands that are optional. That is, you can omit any text that appears in square brackets.

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Angle brackets enclose variables. When following examples, replace the angle brackets and their text with text that applies to your situation. For example, when path names appear in angle brackets, substitute the path names used on your computer.

/

Forward slash is used to separate directories in a path. If you use the NT operating system, you might be more familiar with \ in paths, but NT supports both forward and back slashes.

UNIX

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NT

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System Requirements

To successfully install and run the Netscape Calendar Server, the following specifications must be met or exceeded. For more detailed and platform specific information, see Appendices A, B and C.

NT

• Windows NT 4.0 SP2 or later


• Intel x86 PC workstation

UNIX

• One of the following operating systems:
• HPUX 10.10, 10.20


• Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6


• AIX 4.1.5, 4.2


• IRIX 6.2, 6.4

All Platforms

• Minimum 32MB of RAM, although 64MB or more is recommended for computers handling a large number of users.


• 50MB of disk space for operation, plus extra space for log files.


• a browser that supports frames (e.g. Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher).


• Netscape Directory Server 1.02 or higher


• SMTP Messaging Server for mail notifications (e.g. Netscape Messaging Server 3.0 or higher)

Note:

Up to 150MB free disk space may be necessary for installation.